280: Chapter 280 Liquid Metal Hydrogen Layer

Lin Yun originally thought that as they continued deeper into the Magic Eye Planet, they would encounter various energy-based lifeforms along the way.

He had already prepared himself to hack through any obstacles.

However, as they flew further down, their surroundings actually became quieter.

There were no more red orbs of light blocking their path, only increasingly violent air currents, rising temperatures, and ever more terrifying spatial pressure.

The closer they got to the planet's core, the more extreme the atmospheric pressure became.

The helium gas that had been drifting within the gaseous clouds was forcibly squeezed into a liquid state by the immense pressure.

It transformed into crystalline droplets, slowly sinking and falling toward the planet's interior.

This was a spectacle unique to gas giants: helium rain.

Countless liquid helium droplets fell continuously, rubbing against the dense surrounding hydrogen currents at high speeds.

The violent collisions continuously generated heat.

Releasing a massive amount of violent energy.

The entire space was enveloped in scorching heatwaves.

The temperature soared, quickly breaking through the six-thousand-degree mark.

Following that, the field of vision ahead suddenly changed as a vast, boundless layer of liquid metallic hydrogen lay across their path.

The liquid metallic hydrogen layer.

This was also the result of the combined effects of high temperature and high pressure.

Hydrogen gas was compressed to the extreme, causing electrons to break free from the nuclei's bonds, forming a conductive liquid metal.

This substance simply does not exist on Earth; it can only be found deep within gas giants.

The liquid metallic hydrogen layer was very thick, spanning tens of thousands of kilometers.

It was like a boundless silver ocean, flowing slowly within the planet's interior.

Inside were various energy torrents, electromagnetic storms, plasma jets, and massive whirlpools, churning wildly and agitating everything.

The temperature of six thousand degrees, while high, was still just a drizzle to the two men and the insect.

Lin Yun had his black god armor, Wang Tianming had his Rank Five cultivation, and the Soul Ant was already a Rank Six Yao Beast with a powerful Physique.

This environment was not yet enough to pose a threat to them.

Lin Yun took the lead and flew into the liquid metallic hydrogen layer.

The silver-white liquid surged from all directions, enveloping his entire body.

He could feel the liquid flowing, churning, and emitting weak electrical currents.

On the surface of the black god armor, blue flashes of electricity occasionally flickered; it was the induction caused by the liquid metallic hydrogen's currents on the armor.

The further they advanced, the higher the temperature rose.

Seven thousand degrees, eight thousand degrees, nine thousand degrees.

Ten thousand degrees.

When the temperature reached ten thousand degrees, Lin Yun felt that the mysterious coordinates were just ahead.

It was a strange feeling, as if something ahead was summoning him, waiting for him.

It wasn't a notification from the System, but a perception from his Divine Thought.

As his Divine Thought probed ahead, he could feel a powerful energy fluctuation.

Twelve thousand degrees.

They passed through the liquid metallic hydrogen layer and arrived at the lava layer.

While called a lava layer, it wasn't actually real lava.

After all, gas giants have no rock.

The 'lava' here was formed by silicate materials from the planet's interior melting under high temperature and pressure.

They were heavier than liquid metallic hydrogen and sank to the deepest part, forming a layer of a blazing 'magma ocean'.

The group traveled through the lava for a while.

Surrounded by orange-red magma with temperatures exceeding ten thousand degrees, the area emitted a blinding light.

The surface of Lin Yun's black god armor began to glow slightly red, but it remained stable and unaffected.

The Rank Six Soul Ant followed behind, its carapace turned red by the magma, but it showed no signs of discomfort.

Although Wang Tianming's armor was only Rank Four, a mere ten thousand degrees of heat caused him no discomfort either.

Suddenly, a massive elliptical orb of light appeared ahead.

It floated quietly in the lava, bobbing slowly with the flow of the magma.

It was fiery red all over, emitting a blazing light that flickered rhythmically like a beating heart.

The orb of light was huge, over a hundred meters in size.

The Rank Six Soul Ant suddenly lowered its body and let out a low growl, its entire Aura tensing up, filled with vigilance.

It sensed danger.

The Aura emitted by that light orb made even this Late Stage Rank Six Yao Beast feel uneasy.

Beside him, Wang Tianming also looked solemn, his pace subconsciously slowing down.

He had lived for over three thousand years and had never seen anything like this.

Standing beside Lin Yun, he whispered, "Master, this light orb is very strong."

Lin Yun's heart also tightened slightly as he carefully probed and perceived it with his Divine Thought.

Though also at the Rank Six level, the cultivation Aura of the light orb before them had only just stepped over the threshold of Rank Six.

Yet the sense of pressure and danger it gave Lin Yun far exceeded the Late Stage Rank Six Soul Ant he had long since enslaved.

The two were simply not in the same league.

It felt like comparing a firefly to the bright moon; they were existences on completely different levels.

The light orb just bobbed quietly in the lava, red light flowing around it. It wasn't restless or roaring, yet it carried a natural, majestic Aura that looked down upon heaven and earth, mysterious and dignified.

Wang Tianming requested, "Master, let me go forward and take a look."

Lin Yun agreed, "Be careful."

Wang Tianming stepped forward cautiously.

He flew very slowly, every step deliberate. He pushed his armor's defenses to the limit, ready to flee at any moment.

The light orb remained still, without attacking or reacting, just like an ordinary stone.

Even when Wang Tianming walked right up to the light orb, it still didn't move.

Wang Tianming circled the light orb, examining it closely.

The surface of the light orb was as smooth as a mirror, without any patterns or flaws.

He probed it with his Divine Thought and then cried out in surprise, "Master! This isn't an energy lifeform! This is an egg!"

Lin Yun was stunned.

An unhatched egg was already at Rank Six?

Seeing no danger, he also went forward to investigate.

Flying next to the light orb, he probed it with his Divine Thought.

His Divine Thought passed through the surface of the light orb and entered the interior.

The scene inside left him dumbfounded.

The elliptical orb of light really was an egg.

An egg a hundred meters long and over eighty meters wide.

The shell was very thin and translucent, allowing him to vaguely see what was inside.

Inside, a giant beast was curled up, its body already fully formed.

It had a slender body covered in red scales, with a faint light flowing over the scales.

Its limbs were thick, its claws sharp, and it had a pair of massive wings folded against its sides.

Its head was large with a long mouth, looking like a crocodile yet also like a Dragon.

Its eyes were closed, still accumulating the strength to break the shell.

His Divine Thought showed that the creature inside had already developed from yolk and albumen into a giant beast; this was a flesh-and-blood creature.

It wasn't an energy lifeform, but a true flesh-and-blood creature with blood, meat, bones, internal organs, a Soul, and consciousness.

Lin Yun became excited.

This must be a creature with a Bloodline Legacy!

Even before hatching, its Aura was at Rank Six.

What kind of concept was that?

It meant that it would be a Rank Six Yao Beast from the moment it was born.

It didn't need to Cultivate or accumulate; it was Rank Six by birth.

Ordinary Yao Beasts would need to Cultivate for hundreds or thousands of years to get from Rank One to Rank Six, and some might never reach it in their entire lives.

This was the absolute strongest type among creatures with Bloodline Legacies.

Creatures with Bloodline Legacies were already very strong.

And this one was undoubtedly of the most Heaven-Defying grade.

Innate at a high rank, it didn't need to Cultivate; it only needed to grow up to reach a terrifying Realm.